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J. L. VAUGHN. COMBINATION NEEDLE MAGAZINE FEEDER AND DIRECTOR.APPLICATION FILED AUGJ. 19m.

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xterm. L. vA-UeHN, pr sm FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

'COMBINATIONNEEDLE MAGAZINE FEEDER AND DIRECTOR.

Todll'iu hom'z't mag condemn I B'eit knownthat"I,ToriN L. VA'UGHN, afeitizen 'ofthe United States, residing-at the cityand'eounty of'SanFrancisco and State of California,'have invented new and usefulimprovements in Combination Needle 'Ma'ga'zine Feeders and Directors, ofwhlch the following is a specification.

lTh'epresent invention relates to a combinationlnefedle magazine, feederand director, and is "shtiivnfinmy "Patent No. "1,274,960, dated Kugust'6, "1918, entitled Automatic machine.

' One of theobjectsof the present invention is to provide a needleholder or magaf'zine for the receptioifrof phonograph needles, saidmagazine being *s'ufliciently large to receive' a great "quantity ofsuperposed needles, and" also permitting indiscriminate placing of theneedles therein.

Another object of the invention is to proyide means for dischargingora'emovingthe needles one by one from the bottoln'of the magazine, andin, conjunction therewith, to provide means "for directing the needlesso that each needle when removed will be discharged through a chute withthe pointed end foremost.

Further objects willhereinafter appear.

, The invention consists of the parts and the "construction andcombination "of parts as hereinafter more fully described "and claimed,having reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is afront view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same partly in section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the slotted plate through which theneedles are directed before entering the discharge chute.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A indicates a rectangular shapedcasing of suitable height and construction, which, in this instance,serves the function of the mag azine or holder for a considerablequantity of phonograph needles such as shown at 2. The magazine issupported on a frame such as shown at 3, and a sliding plate hereinafterto be known as the feed slide shown at 4, forms the bottom for themagazine.

The frame also serves as a support for a plate 5 and a discharge chute6. The feed slide is slotted as shown at 7, sald slot being justsufficiently long and narrow to re- Speci'fication of Letters .Patent.

'ceive one needle at a *time. Any suitable meansmaybe provided fortransmlttmg a r'eclprociati'ng movement-to the feed slide,

saichm'eans being here indicated by a conof 'each Iieedle may point inone direction or the other. Theyare-received in this condition'by thefeed slide, and 'unlessa means for directingtheneedleor changing itsposition is :provided, it can readily be seen that the needlesdischarging through the chute 6 might alternately present their ipointedends foremost or the headend foremost.

It is'one of the objects-of therpresent invention to provide :means forobtaining a uniform osition of all the needles discharged, t atis, itiis desired to direct the needles so that each one passing through thechute 6 will present its pointed end foremost. The shapeofthe "standardform of phonograph needle is represented by the dotted lines shown at12, see Fig. 3. By re ferring to this figure it will be seen that themain portion of the needle is cylindrical in shape, and that one endonly is pointed.

With a reciprocating movement transmitted to the feed slide it canreadily be seen that the needles will be removed one by one from themagazine, and delivered to the slot 9 formed in the plate 5. At thispoint it can be seen that the pointed end of the needle, whetherpointing in one direction or the other, will drop through the narrowportions of the slot, for in stance, in the present instance, throughthe slot 11. The pointed end will thus project downwardly and the needlewill slide through and pass out through the chute 6 with the pointed endforemost, the same result being always obtained when the needle receivedby the feed slide is pointing in one direction or the other, as theneedle delivered to the plate 5 can only pass through the slot with thepointed end foremost. 7

Any suitable form of cover such as shown at 14 may be employed inconjunction with the magazine, and a Weighted U-shapedlever 15, tosecure the cover thereon, said U-- shaped lever beingsecuredby'droppingit into slots 16 formed in the sides of the" magazine housing.

I similarly wish it understood that the materials and finish oftheseveral parts V therein, of a feed sliding plate forming a.

bottom for the magazine, a frame supporting the magazine, and the feedslide, a discharge chute .carried by the frame, said feed slidehaving aslot formed .therein for the reception of one needle, means fortransmitting a reciprocating movement to the a feed slide to transferthev needles one by one from the magazine :to the, discharge,

chute, and a directing plate having a-slot formed therein positioned.above the discharge chute which is adapted to direct the needles so thateach needle when passing through the chute will v present'its pointedend'rforemostr Copies of this patent may De-obtained .bottomfor themagazine, a frame support- ,needles in saidchute so that they will alldischarge with the pointed end foremost 2. The combination with amagazine adapted to contain a large quantity of superposed needlesindiscriminately placed therein, of a feed sliding plate forming a ingthe magazine, and the feed slide, a discharge chute carried bythe-frame, said feed slide having a slot formed therein for thereception of one needle, means for trans mitting' a reciprocatingmovement to the feed slide to transfer the needles one, by one from themagazine. to the discharge chute, means'for directing the needles when.

entering the chute so that each needle when passing throughthe chutewill present its 7 pointed end foremost, said means compris- .ing aplate positioned above the discharge" chute, said platehaving a slotformed therein substantially,asldescribed. Q p L I V 3. Thecombination'with a needle. container' adapted to contain a largequantity H of superposed needles I placed. therein, of a chute throughwhich the needles are adapted to discharge, said chute beingpositionedat one side of ,thelbottom of the container,-

to the chute, andmeans for directing the through the lower end of thechute. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twovsubscribing witnesses. I i 7' V JOHN VAUGHN.

Witnesses i FRANK POWERS, 'JAMES D. WELCH.

for fivecents each, by addressing" the dommissio ner of Patents, V--Washington, D. 03."

'means for removing-the needlesone by one from the container and delvering the same

